Shunt

shunt
    n 1: a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is
         diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus
         shunt"
    2: a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another
       device to divert a fraction of the current [syn: {shunt},
       {electrical shunt}, {bypass}]
    3: implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for
       draining fluids within the body
    v 1: transfer to another track, of trains
    2: provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
    

Shunt \Shunt\, v. i.
   To go aside; to turn off.
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Shunt \Shunt\, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See
   {Shunt}, v. t.]
   1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that
      the principal track may be left free.
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   2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a
      conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo,
      so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which
      a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of
      regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
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   3. (Gunnery) The shifting of the studs on a projectile from
      the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its
      discharge from a shunt gun.
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   {Shunt dynamo} (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit
      is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt
      to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current
      from the armature to maintain the field.

   {Shunt gun}, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under
      {Rifling}.
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Shunt \Shunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shunting}.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE.
   shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope,
   Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. {Shun}.]
   1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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   2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to
      shove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Ash.
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   3. To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a
      grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
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            For shunting your late partner on to me. --T.
                                                  Hughes.
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   4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a
      galvanometer.
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      cart away, change, deflect, delocalize, dislodge, displace, divert,
      draw aside, drive, ease off, edge off, fly off, forward, gee,
      glance, glance off, go off, haw, head off, impel, jib, lay aside,
      make way for, manhandle, move, move aside, pedal, pole, propel,
      push, push aside, put aside, relocate, remove, roll, row, send,
      set aside, sheer off, shift, shove, shove aside, shuttle, shy,
      shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, steer clear of,
      step aside, sweep, sweep along, switch, take away, thrust,
      transfer, treadle, troll, trundle, turn aside, turn away,
      turn back, veer off